The veil is thin this time of year near Halloween, that’s what people say. The veil meaning the ”fabric” that separates this world with the others. In other words it’s easier to see and connect with the spirit world and people from the other side. As many people see Halloween today it’s mostly about having fun, ”trick or treat” , dressing in costumes and scaring each other for laughs. But what many don’t know is that this celebration have pagan roots. In ancient times it was a part of Halloween or Samhain to dress out in costumes, paint their faces black and go from door to door to collect food to honor the dead. In exchange they recited verses or sang songs. Each household who contributed was said to have a good harvest next year and good fortune. The others where vengeance by the spirits and often exposed to trickery like visits from the spirits in from of hollow turnip- or pumpkin lanterns with scary faces carved into them. These lanterns also served to keep evil spirts away. An activity that was widely popular at Halloween was to get your fortune told.

Today is the day before Halloween but according to the pagan tradition, Halloween is a three day event so let’s go for that. Anyhow, the thought was to get some decorations up but unfortunately all our Halloween decorations got left behind in the storage in Sweden. That’s why we are going to make some decorations instead.

One easy craft to do is to cut out som pumpkins in paper and hang in the windows. Look how cute they are! You can easily make one and use it as a template and then you just paint and cut out a scary face on them.

And not to be forgotten on Halloween are the cats, cause what is Halloween without the cats who sees the spirits better than anyone else? As catlovers we also made a couple of cats to sit in the windows with our little lanterns made from old glas jars.